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Original Article

Effect of Intravenous Tocolytics on Uteroplacental and Fetoplacental Doppler Flow Velocity Waveforms

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Pages 258-262 | Received 24 Nov 1993, Accepted 16 Sep 1994, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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